iphoto doesn’t open

Tomamaso:

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. First try deleting iPhoto's preference file, com.apple,iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder. If that doesn't correct the situation make sure you've also installed the latest Quicktime update, 7.1.3 and repair disk permissions (repair permissions even if you've already installed 7.1.3).

Regarding the message about volume not being repairable, boot into your system install disk and in the first window after the language selection window go to the Utilities menu and launch Disk Utility. Then select your HD in the window at the left and click on the Repair Disk button.

If you get a message that repairs were made or that repairs couldn't be make, rerun it several time until you get a all clear message. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 runs to get it right. Then restart back into your iBook.

One final question: how much free space do you have on your HD?

Do you Twango?

TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

a red message saying that the HFS volume could not be repaired keep coming

That's definitely not a good sign. If you have any means of backing up your HD I'd do it as soon as you can. Evidently you have some bad blocks somewhere on HD that just can't get fixed. I had that one time and ended up having to do an erase and install. If you can get a external HD you could clone your current HD to it, then boot into the clone and do an fresh install, erase and install, of the System. Then you can move you User account back with the Software Restore or SuperDuper. With SD you can clone the original drive and then, when booted into the external HD, clone just the user files back to the new installed drive. But you need an application to make the external drive a bootable one. That would be Super Duper. Carbon Copy Cloner can do it also but SD has, IMO, a much easier to understand interface and operation.

If you don't have an external HD start backing up your irreplaceable files to DVD or whatever. An external FireWire HD is such good insurance against this type of issue. If you need more info on how to proceed you might post your situation in the Tiger forum. There are users there that are much more familiar with this type of recovery/fix than I. If you do go that route you might as well update to the latest, 10.4.8. Good luck.

Hi,
iPhoto does not open. Any recomendation on how to start the application?
ARY

ARY:

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Have you tried any of the solutions posted above in this thread? Also when did this start? Was it after a system or iPhoto update? A little more detail will help us better understand your situation.

Do you Twango?